Delivery mechanism for newspaper-vending machines.



G. A. DAWES. DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1910. 1,004,856, Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR NEWSPAPER VENDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1910.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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CHARLES A. DAWES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR NEWSPAPER-VENDING MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Dawns, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Delivery Mechanisms for Newspaper-Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in delivery mechanisms for newspaper vending machines and is particularly directed to improvements in the delivery mechanism shown and described in my U. S. Letters'Patent #967112, of August 9, 1910.

The object of the present invention is to generally improve the construction of the delivery mechanism whereby it may be made of a lesser number of parts, hence less expensive to construct and which is equally eflicient in its operation as the delivery mechanism in the Letters Patent above referred to.

With the above purposes in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved delivery mechanism illustrating its connection with the coin-controlling mechanism, the machine casing being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional elevation taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical, sectional elevation illustrating, in detail, the delivery mechanism and is taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a front elevation illustrating the delivery mechanism with the newspaper-engaging devices removed; Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of a portion of one of the supports for the newspaper-engaging devices; Fig. 6 is a detail, sectional elevation taken on the line 66 of Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is a sectional plan taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is an inverted plan illustrating the follower and the racks; Fig. 9 is a vertical, sectional elevation taken on the line 99 of Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a detail perspective of one of the newspaper-engaging devices; Fig. 11 is a detail, sectional elevation through the coin-controlling mechanism and is taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 12 is a detail elevation illustrating one of the newspaper- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 7, 1910.

Patented Got. 3, 1911. Serial No. 590,959.

engaging devices in a position after having been released, and in a position to permit downward movement of the follower without contacting therewith.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the machine casing and 2 the hinged forward wall through which access may be had to the interior of the casing; as shown, the casing has greater width at its base than at its top which is the design of casing I propose to use. As shown, the wall 2 is of a less length than the length of the casing, thereby leaving an opening 8 through which the newspapers are dis charged from the machine.

Extending the width of the machine is a sheet metal upright 4, over which there is supported the trap 5 which trap, as shown, extends the full width of the machine and coacts with the upright 4 to close the delivery opening against the insertion of probes or the like for the purpose of unlawfully tampering with the machine to surreptitiously remove the newspapers therefrom. As shown, the portion 6 of the trap 5 is a larger body than the horizontally disposed portion of thetrap, hence holding the trap, by gravity, in a position with its margin 7 normally engaging the inner face of the wall 2.

Centrally located within the casing and secured to the bottom and rear wall thereof is the L-shaped frame 8, having the integral inclined portions 9 and 10 to which are socured the members 11 and 12 constituting supports for the newspaper-engaging devices hereinafter more fully described.

Formed integral with the members 11 and 12 are the right-angled portions 18 13, each inner margin of which has formed therein the notches 14 throughout its length and equi-distantly spaced apart. In the member 11 there are a number of perforations 15 which are spaced an equi-distance apart throughout the length of the member 11 and, coincident with the perforations 15 are the perforations 16 in the member 12, the perforations 16 being of greater length than the perforations 15, and disposed approximately vertical. Formed in the member 12 are a number of notches 17 in its upper margin, which notches are spaced an equi-distance apart.

18 designates the body portion of one of the newspaper engaging devices, all of which are constructed of the same conformation and may be stamped from single pieces of sheet metal. Each of the plates is of a length corresponding to the distance between the supporting members 11 and 12.

19 designates an integral, right-angled portion projecting beyond the side margins of the plate proper, the end portions of which constitute supports for the plates, and which are journaled in the perforations 15 and 16.

Formed in the margin of each plate, adjacent the supporting member 12, is a shoulder 20 arranged for coaction with one of the notches 17 to hold the plate in a substantially vertical position, (the position necessary to support a newspaper in the machine). Each of the extensions 9 and 10 is provided with an integral down-turned extension 21 which are slotted for the support of a movable rack-bar 22. Connecting with the upper end of the rack-bar 22 is a pitman 23, which pitman connects the rackbar- 22 with the bell-crank lever 24, the bellcrank being mounted upon a shaft 25 which is connected with a suitable coin-controlling apparatus, which coin-controlling apparatus is provided with a crank for manually operating the machine in one direction against the pressure of the spring 26, which spring returns the lever and said crank to their normal positions after being manually released.

The coin-controlling mechanism shown is made the subject of an application for Letters Patent filed herewith. hence a detail description is not deemed necessary.

While I have shown one form of coin controlling mechanism, I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the construction of the coin-controlling apparatus shown.

Arranged for movement lengthwise be tween the members 11 and 12 is a metal lic block 27, upon the upper face of which adjacent the member 12 is a boss 28 of sufficient height to engage the lower extremity of the newspaper-engaging devices 18 when said devices are set in positions approximately vertical for the purpose of holding a paper.

By reason of the length of the plates and by reason of the weight of the papers falling over the plates after they have been released from the notches 17, the plates are placed in the positions, as shown in Fig. 12, with their right hand ends in positions above the path of travel of the boss 28, thereby permitting free movement of the boss lengthwise relative the machine when all of the newspaper-engaging devices have been released.

Carried by the block 27 is a pair of crossed arms 29, the left hand ends of which are of some considerable length forming handles for the manipulation of the block 27. Each of the arms is provided with an integral dog 30, arranged to engage in the notches 14., formed in the horizontal portions of the newspaperengaging device supports, and also to cooperate with the movable rack-bar 22- for the movement of the block 27 carrying the boss 28. The sup port for the newspapers, to hold them in proper positions over the newspaper-engag ing devices 18 consists of pairs of wires 31 arranged on either side of the delivery mechanism proper. These wires are an ranged substantially parallel with the sup porting members 11 and 12 and, as shown, are in a plane slightly above the upper margins of the members 11 and 12, the elevation of the wires 31 over the supports 11. and 12 must be sufficient to hold the newspapers in planes above the members 11 and 12, so that as each newspaper is released it will be moved, by gravity, over the wires 31 and their travel not be obstructed by the members 11 and 12.

In the practical operation of the machine, assuming the parts to be assembled, as shown, and in the position indicated in Fig. 3, and that there be newspapers held in place by the engaging devices which are upstanding, and a coin be supplied to the machine and the crank manipulated, it will be obvious that upon a movement of the crank of the coin-controlling mechanism the shaft 25 will be rotated, thus moving the bellcrank lever 24:. The rack-bar 22, through the medium of the pitman 23 and one of the pawls 30, will cause theblock 27 to be drawn upwardly thereby causing the boss 28 to engage the right-angled portion 19 of the newspaper-engaging device and lift the entire engaging device bodily a sutficient elevation to free the shoulder 20 from the notch 17, thereby permitting the engaging device to fall, by reason of its weight and the weight of the newspaper held thereon, to a position approximately parallel with the supporting members 11 and 12, the other of the pawls 30 serving to hold the block 27 between operations of the rack bar 22.

The operation just described releases a newspaper which slides by gravity over the rods 31, trips the trap 5 and rests upon the bottom of the casingwhere, by reason of the action of the weighted end 6 of the trap, the paper will be moved outwardly toward the opening 3, so that it may be readily accessible.

I claim:

1. In a delivery mechanism for vending machines, the combination with an inclined article-supporting means, of a pair of supports, articleengaging devices pivotally carried by said supports, there being notches 111 said supports for holding said devices in positions to engage articles on said supporting means, and means for lifting the article-engaging devices bodily to release them from said notches so that said devices may fall beneath the article-supporting means.

2. In a delivery mechanism for newspaper vending machines, the combination with an inclined newspaper-supporting means, of inclined, fixed rack bars, newspaper-engaging devices pivotally supported over said fixed rack bars, means for holding said newspaper-engaging devices to project in planes above the newspaper-supporting means, a movable rack bar, dogs operated by said movable rack bar and held by said fixed rack bars, and means, carried by said dogs, for elevating the newspaper-engaging devices to release them to fall in a plane beneath the inclined newspaper-supporting means.

8. In a delivery mechanism for newspaper vending machines, the combination with an inclined newspaper-supporting means, of newspaper-engaging devices, supports, for the newspaper-engaging devices, having rack bars and notches in the margin of one of said supports, a movable rack bar, dogs movable by said movable rack bar, and means, carried by said dogs, for lifting said newspaperengaging devices out of said notches to release them to fall beneath the newspaper-supporting means.

4. In a delivery mechanism for vending machines, the combination with a fixed inclined article-supporting means, of a plurality of article-engaging devices, a support for the article-engaging devices beneath said article-supporting means, a connection between each article-engaging device and said support, whereby each device may swing in the path and direction of travel of a released article, means carried by each device and means carried by said support for holding said devices in position to engage the articles and hold them in place on said supporting means, and a movable means for successively engaging said devices to release them from said support, for the purposes stated.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. DAWES.

Witnesses:

E. L. WALLACE, N. G. BUTLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. Q. 

